They may not be able to control the possession of it, but they can certainly control the transfer of it, such as banning the platforms from processing buy/sell commerce transactions in anything other than the ‘Digital Dollar’ and making the reporting of all cryptocurrency transactions legally required by the different platforms that hold it and process it, with massive penalties that would threaten their existence and ability to operate if they don’t.

If they were similar then pay it, if way off then tell them here is the quote and this is what we will reimburse - next time think 2x about ordering a service without our approvalI think you will find that in a life-threatening emergency such as this a judge will very happily hand you your rear end should you try to enforce such a policy or contract term against the person who is in danger. 

Bee Setups again threatened they were going to move forward with collections.

instead of "threatening" him to not do it, make him aware of the challenges ahead and why, so he has an opportunity to see and decide if he has what it takes to overcome them. 

And four years ago, we all remember Donald Trump threatening to fire Jerome Powell if he didn't cut interest rates further at a completely unnecessary time, other than to help him try to win re-election.

Usually as long as their are no life threatening issues (no HVAC, windows won't open, no hot water), the housing authority will began to pay the rent and give you time to address the required repairs.

That's why I do "constructive evictions" which includes a variety of methods like asking, telling, threatening, starting the eviction but stopping it when the tenant leaves, etc.

is the utility company threatening to shut off the water?

He refused to take responsibility, threatened you with attorneys, but then you settled for $5,000 to a charity?

@V.G JasonYep must have been threatened to be sued or this person has no experience and just jumped the gun and got nervous because they sent one email that didn’t get responded to and never picked up a phoneI am still confused as to why is someone giving someone $30k for work BEFORE you close on the house.